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Genus of roundworms This article is about the genus of nematode worms. For the species of sedge (plant), see Cyperus laxus.

Laxus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Desmodorida
Family: Desmodoridae
Subfamily: Stilbonematinae
Genus: Laxus
Cobb, 1894

Laxus is a genus of nematode worms from the subfamily Stilbonematinae of the family Desmodoridae. Like other members of this subfamily, they are covered by a layer of symbiotic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria, which in Laxus are coccoid in shape. They are distinguished from other stilbonematine genera by the finely-annulated somatic cuticle, thickened cephalic cuticle, small and coiled amphidial fovea, and lack of male structures. There are at least five species in the genus.

References

  1. Tchesunov, Alexei V. (2013). "Marine free-living nematodes of the subfamily Stilbonematinae (Nematoda, Desmodoridae): taxonomic review with descriptions of a few species from the Nha Trang Bay, Central Vietnam". Meiofauna Marina. 20: 71–94.
  2. "Laxus". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 18 February 2024.
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